432 MHz MHz AND ABOVE EME NEWS
JANUARY 1998 VOL 26 # 1
ALLEN KATZ, K2UYH
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EME NETS
14.345, 10 AM ET SATURDAYS, AFTER VARO NET SUNDAYS:
CONDITIONS
Those who did not make it on for the Dec SW missed
some great conditions on both 70 cm and 23 cm. Activity
continues to build on the higher bands. During Dec N4NW in VA
joined the ranks of those completing EME QSOs on 10 GHz. W5ZN in
AR became QRV on 5.7 GHz. We also have details in this NL of
JA7BMB's 5.7 GHz QSOs. Jan should be an interesting month
besides the regular SW on 10/11 Jan many NA stations are gearing
up for EME activity during the ARRL's Jan VHF Contest. The
contest time is from 1900 on 17 Jan to 0400 on 19 Jan. The
exchange is 4 digit WW locators (e.g. FN31).
SSB EME CONTEST
There has been considerable discussion on
contest dates and how to increase EME activity - see the end of
this NL. WA8WZG is working on the details of a microwave only
EME contest. As an experiment this NL is sponsoring a 23 cm SSB
EME Contest for the Feb SW. The contest will be on Sunday (Z)
only. Scoring will be contact points times number of Grid
Sectors (e.g. IO, JM, FN, ...). SSB to SSB contacts will count
as 2 points. SSB to CW (or CW to SSB) 1 point. The exchange is
your Grid Sector. If this works out a similar contest can be
tried on 70 cm.
7M2PDT
Shukou made initial #100 on 432 during the Dec SW -- It
took 2 years since my signal was 1st hear on the Moon to make
#100. On 9 Dec I worked KN6M for initial #99 and then JA6CZD
for
#100. Also QSO'd were on 12 Dec JA5OVU, G4RGK, I5CTE and
G4ERG,
on 14 Dec K3HZO #101, W7QX, DL4KG, OE3JPC #102 and W5ZN #103,
KB3PD #104, JA4BLC, K1FO, JA5NNS #105, IK2EAD #106, DL8OBU,
DL3EAG #107 and SM2CEW, and on 16 Dec DL4XX #108. Heard were
NC1I, JA9BOH, JH0YSI, DF3RU and JA2TY.I will not be able to be
QRV for the Jan SW due to a vacation.
DL3EAG
Stephan send a "quick" report on his activity during the
Dec SW -- I worked NC1Iwith very loud signals (439/539) on
random andN9AB on sked (M/M) despite blockage from my 10 GHz
dish. On Saturday afternoon I took down the dish and had
contacts with JA5OVU (439/549) and K1FO (439/539), and on Sunday
with SM2CEW (429/429) and 7M2PDT (O/O)on random - an
earlier
sked with him was not successful. I am now up to initial #35.
I'm looking forward to meeting all the EME group in Paris this
summer.
DL9EBF
Hans-Peter is a new EME station on 70 cm EME according
to Stephan, DL3EAG. Hans-Peter is a friend of Stephan and lives
about 20 km from him. He has set up an 8 x 21 el F9FT yagi
array, but has still some problems with coupling which should be
fixed soon. During the ARRL contest he QSO'd N2IQU.
His power is
750 w from an K2RIW PA with 2 x 4CX250s and 0.7 dB NF with an
MGF1302. [TNX DL3EAG for this report.]
DL9KR
Jan writes -- Since June I made less than 10 QSOs
including initial #670 with W5ZN. Both parts of the contest were
worked with flawless equipment and in mostly acceptable WX
conditions, except 16 Nov when heavy rain showers through my SWR
to abnormal values. My stateside windows displayed one-way skip
practically all the tine, leading to the loss of several
contacts such as with K7XC and possibly W6ZLV
who called me with
a good signal, but suddenly disappeared. W6WE, W3ADO and
K3HZO were other getaways. I estimate that my fixed polarization
caused a total loss of about 10 contacts. Yet in the end the
contest was another pleasant event and went well due to 3-4 hour
sleeping periods in the presence of the Moon. The following
contacts were accomplished on 18 Oct VEIZJ, 0N50F, S57Q,
S52CW, G3SEK, CT1DMK, G4RGK, EA3DXU, G4ALH, UA6LGH, ON4KNG,
G4ERG, YL3AG, VE1ALQ, OZ4MM, DK3FB, F1CH FOR initial #671,
N2IQU, 12COR, UR5LX, F1ANH, OE5JFL, K1FO, RA3LE, EA8FF, LU4HO,
DL9NDD, Y021S, N9AB, K20S, SM3BYA, K9BCT/4, DH5ANH, K2UYH,
OH2PO, W8MQW, KF0M, VE6TA, UT5DL, W6VPH, KL7HFQ, K5AZU, W7CI,
HB9SUL, KA0RYT, OE3JPC, K5GW, F5AQC, G3HUL, W7FN, W7QX, W0KJY,
WA7BBM, WB6IMC, DF3BU, JL1ZCG, DL4KG, JA2KRW, JJ1NNJ, JR9NWC,
9M2BV, DL6NAA, S51ZO, DL4MEA, JA4BLC, JH1EFA, UT5EC, HB9SV,
EA2LY, VK2BE #672, DL1HTT, JH4JLV, J0RNL, DL3EAG, JA2TY, ZS6PT,
DK3WG, I5TDJ, JA50VU, JA9BOH, PA2CHR, JS3SIM, PA3CSG, GM3JFG,
JA5NNS, IW5AVM, OE5EYM #673, UA4API, EA3UM,and G3LQR, on 19 Oct
SM3AKW, N4GJV, WA4NJP, K4QI, G3LTF, K0RZ, KD4LT, W6DF, W7HAH,
OH2BYJ (4 x 38 and 30 w) #674, N2HLT #675, HO3A, KB3PD, WI7Z,
WA7TZY, KB8ZW, W7KK/6 #676, G4FUF, WB4BKC #677, K1OR #678,
GM3JFG dup, DK8VS, I5CTE, JA3SGR, DF3RU, DJ2PA, on 15 Nov S52CW
dup, DL80BU, W3XS, KN6M #679, W5ZN, WD5AGO, SM2CEW, DL4XX,
K5WXN, NA4N, W6ZL disappeared, F1CH dupe, F2TU, EA2LY dup,
HA1YA, IK5WJD, 7M2PDT, GM3JFG dup, UA4API dup, IN3KLQ, JJ3JHP,
OM1TL, OH5 IY, and JI3GER #680, and on 16 Nov WB0GGM, W1ZX,
DF4UE #681 and OE3XUA/3. Other getaways were UT1PA
(disappeared), K5JL (was sleeping), JF3HUC and IK0EHQ.
F1CH
Dave (F5SDD) reports that F1CH is new station on 432 EME
from JN23vf. They have 4 x 26 el yagis and 600 w. Operators were
F5IVP and F5SDD in the contest. They should be QRV again for the
Jan SW.
F6CGJ
Louis spent all his time on 1296 during the ARRL Contest
this year. He had good luck with the WX on both weekends - a
wind storm arrived just after the end of the 2nd part of the
contest - and achieved a score of 70x35. He found conditions
pretty much the same as last year. His station consists of an 8
m dish and 2.5 kw HPA. Tracking was manual this year as a result
of a recent lightning strike. Louis notes that manual tracking
is a good way to stay awake late at night.
G3LTF
Peter had a quiet month after the excitement of the con-
test, but had some success on 13 cm -- On 12 Dec I went on 432
and worked UR5LX, N2IQU and DL8OBU for an initial. Heard were
NC1I, G4ERG and K1FO. I was on 2304/2320 and worked on 13 Dec
OH2AXH for initial #12 and heard HB9SV
with good copy and called
him on 2320 with no reply, and on 14 Dec ZS6AXT
for initial #13.
These are both 1sts from the UK. I'm happy to take skeds on
2320/2304 and I have a xtal on the way for 2424 to try with JA.
The system seems to be fairly good now and I'm working to
increase my power from the present 30/40 w at the feed. On 14
Dec I was also on 1296 and worked NL7F for initial #131.
NP4B
was there on sked, a bit low in frequency but (349) copy, but he
quit after 2 periods apparently not hearing me?
VE6TA was a good
signal as wereDJ9YW and CT1DMK. Peter plans to be in Paris this
summer.
G3SEK
Ian did very well on 432 in the ARRL Contest -- I worked
80x32. This was way above my expectations - mainly thanks to the
good activity. Over the 2 weekends I added 13 initials with
S52CW, SM3BYA, F1ANH, WI7Z, F1CH, W5ZN (state 42), KN6M, JA2TY,
JJ1NNJ, KL7HFQ and K7XD (my only sked in the contest), DL4KG and
DL4MEA.Next year's target has to be 100 QSOs, so I have started
serious work on a YL1050 PA. My standings as of Dec 97 are
initial #275, 54 countries and 42 US states. Nadine and myself
are looking
forward to seeing all in Paris next year!
G4ERG
Peter found conditions and activity quite good for the
Dec SW -- I worked on random 7M2PDT (449/449), UR5LX (559/549),
G4RGK (O/O), N2IQU (559/549), DL8OBU (O/O) for initial #94, NC1I
(569/559), K1FO (559/449), SM2CEW (559/549), VE1ALQ (549/449),
DF3RU (449/429), JA5OVU (559/549) and JH0YSI (O/O) #99. Worked
on sked were W5ZN (O/O) #95, JA4BLC (O/O) #96, DK3FB (O/O) #97,
EA3DXU (M/O) #98, partial DL3EAG (M/M), partial JA2TY (O/-),
YO2IS nil and K3HZO nil. CWNR were KN6M and K5WXN. Also heard
wereDK3WG, DL9KR, DL4MEA, JS3SIM, OE3JPC, IK2EAD and JA9BOH.
Peter wants skeds.
G4FRE
Dave (WW2R) is now in VK as VK2IDR, but will be there
only until Xmas and writes -- There is a good possibility of a
longer stay in the new year, if this happens the EME system that
moved with us from NJ (and has still to be unpacked!) will come
with us. If the VK return doesn’t come off, we are moving to
Dallas. This time we will look for a moon window rather than a
good microwave takeoff!
GM3JFG
Iain reports that he is now 84 years old and even though
he is living up to his name (MacHardy), he does not take kindly
to late night skeds. Reverend Canon is Iain's Title, being a
minister in the Episcopalian church, now retired. Beech Tree
Cottage is his house name. Formerly a farmhouse. Located on the
Black Isle near to Rosemary Television mast and just above the
Nig Ferry. A nice VHF location but rather draughty! His Post
Code is IV11 8XY not IV2. Iain has worked 21 countries off the
Moon as of Nov 97. With the recent addition of Down East
Microwave driver to his RIW PA, his power out is a comfortable
900 w. Iain complains that he is still unable to hear his own
echoes. He would love to double his 4 x 21 el yagi array, but
this would require the assistance of some local enthusiastic
amateurs. Last SW, 13- 14 Dec Iain heard 7M2PDT
off the Moon and
was initially puzzled as to where 7M2 was, more used to hearing
JAs. Unfortunately Shukou got away because his normal equipment
was not set up. [TNX Jon, GM3JIJ for passing on this report.]
HP3XUG
Louis writes -- Although I had asked last month for no
skeds, it worked out OK. I missed my 1st sked with
W7QX on 13
Dec - too early as I had just returned from TI. The next morning
was on trying with JA9BOH with nil results,
when W7QX called and
we had a nice short QSO. I was listening afterwards on .040 and
thought I heard W5ZN, then got
JA9BOH as the Moon made its final
bow for the day. On 14 Dec I had a sked with W0KJY,
but I am not
sure why, as we had QSO'd previously. But was able to be on, and
only heard him (O) copy. I did have a nice quick (559) QSO with
NC1I. I also copied a few others, but had nil results on my sked
with 7M2PDT. The power meter shows 500 w and I can usually get
some weak echoes almost all the time.
JA7BMB
Hiroshi reports on his side of the 1st JA/W 5760 EME QSO
made on 12 Nov at 0800 with WB5LUA (M/M).
This was followed by a
2nd QSO on 14 Nov at 1900 with SM4DHN (529/549)
and (33) copy on
SSB. He is using a 6 m dish with only 10 w at the feed from an
FLM5964 GaAs FET with 12 v on the drain. He hears 10 dB of Sun
and .5 dB of Moon noise. Echoes are (T-M) copy.
JA9BOH
Kimio remains QRV on 432, besides working hard on 144
EME -- I worked on 7 Dec at 0455 7M2PDT and
0500 JA8ERE for
initial #289, on 12 Dec at 0951 NC1I, 1013 W7QX, 1920 DK8VS and
1949 DL8OBU, and on 13 Dec at 1037 JH0YSI, 1113 W5ZN #290 and
WAS 42, JA5NNS #291 and 1327 W7QX. I held the Central Japan EME
Conference at Izumi-village in Fukui-pref on 23/24 Nov with the
help of JR9NWC, JA2TY and JA0BZC. Attendants were JH1KRC, JA2TY,
JH2COZ, JA2KRW, JA3MKM, JA3MKS, JF3HUC, JF3MOK, JG3UVN, JH3BJN,
JJ3JHP, JS3SIM, JR6EMD/3, JA7BMB, JA9BOH, JR9NWC, JA0BZC,
JA0EIV, JA0RWF and JH0WJF. The conference included an
outstanding surplus swap, NF measuring contest and a banquet.
The highlight of the conference were lectures on 6 cm EME by
JA7BMB and The How To of UHF HPA Construction by JA0EIV.
I want
to thank K9EK and W7QX
for providing the material for this
conference. Some snap shots were taken and placed on JF3MOK's
home page at:
JF3MOK
We want to
make this conference an annual event. Central Japan includes the
JA0, JA2 and JA9 call areas, but all EMEers are invited to at-
tend.
JL1ZCG
Yun (JL1ZCG) reports that his group, Nakayoshi QRP Club,
(mailing address 4-8 ASANO-CHO KAWASAKI-KU, KAWASAKI-CITY, 210
JAPAN), is now QRP on 1296 as well as 432 and 144. On 1296 they
are using an array of 32 commercial 30 el 10 wavelength yagis.
They believe the array gain is about 32 dB, the equivalent of a
4 m dish. On TX they had a 6 x 2C39A ring amplifier. They made
32 QSOs on 1296 and feel they could have done better, but had
problems with QRM from the 3rd harmonic of their 432
transmitter. They installed a 60 dB rejection low pass filter in
the 432 PA for the Nov part of the contest which helped greatly.
They also note that because of the timing/Moon position this
year, they had less time to Eur. Overall results were 224x89
with 63x30 on 432 and 32x21 on 1296.
K1FO
Steve finally has his full 1997 EME contest report. He is
using computer logging and was trying to find and easy way to
paste his log into his newsletter report. What he needs is an
editor under Windows95 (or DOS) that can perform column
manipulation (like VI for UNIX). He finally ended up pasting his
log into Lotus AmiPro and used the find and replace function to
cut out the unneeded info. and paste in the right delimiters "(
/ )," for the newsletter. By the time he was done it may have
been just as easy to type the calls into his report. Stations
QSO'd in the contest were on 18 Oct
F1CH (449/O), CT1DMK
(549/559), VE1ZJ (449/569), S52CW (449/559), HB9SUL (559/559),
G4ALH (449/559), VE1ALQ/9 (569/559), KD4LT (559/559), K9BCT/4
(449/559), G4RGK (559/559), OZ4MM (559/579), W8MQW (549/569),
ON4KNG (559/559), EA3DXU (449/549), N9AB (559/569), K4QI
(579/569), I2COR (569/579), DK3FB (449/559), DL9KR (579/589),
G4ERG (559/569), DL9NDD (569/579), SM3BYA (459/569), 0221 W3ADO
(549/549), WB2VVV (439/559), K2OS (549/449), DH5NAH (439/O),
G3SEK (559/559), OH2PO (579/579), OE5JFL (579/579), DK3WG
(559/559), F1ANH (579/569), VE6TA (439/559), UA6LGH (549/569),
KB3PD (449/569), W7CI (569/559), UT5DL (549/569), YO2IS
(339/559), K5AZU (569/559), UR5LX (579/579), WB6IMC (569/579),
W6VPH (559/569), WI7Z (559/559), I5CTE (549/559), W7QX
(559/449), KL7HFQ (449/549), I5TDJ (549/459), WB4BKC (449/O),
K5GW (569/569), PA2CHR (559/O), KB0TZA (559/559), IN3KLQ
(449/559), WA7BBM (449/559), K0RZ (569/569), DL8OBU (449/439),
ON5OF (O/O), DK3BU (569/579), S51ZO (439/549), F5AQC (559/559),
G3HUL (439/559), W7FN (559/569), HO3A (439/549), JA2TY (449/O),
JR9NWC (449/559), JH4JLV (449/559), JA2KRW (559/579), JJ3JHP
(M/M), KB8ZW (559/559), JH1EFA (O/O), JJ1NNJ (439/559), JA9BOH
(549/559), JL1ZCG (569/569), JJ3JRK (O/O), JI3GER (M/M), N2IQU
(579/579), N2HLT (439/O), JA5OVU (569/579) and JA5NNS (M/O), on
19 Oct SM3AKW (559/559), EA8FF (549/559), ZS6PT (O/O), S57Q
(449/O), DJ2PA (449/449), UA4API (O/O), NA4N (549/569), EA3UM
(549/559), UT5EC (449/559), G3LTF (559/569), G4FUF (549/559),
DL6NAA (439/559), N4GJV (579/579), W6DF (559/559), DL4MEA
(549/O), OE3JPC (439/449), DL4KG (549/549), W6WE (549/559),
W0KJY (559/569), W7HAH (559/559), 0654 DL3EAG (O/549), WA7TZY
(559/559), W7KK/6 (439/559), JA3IAF (449/569), KF0M (439/539),
JA4BLC (449/559), JS3SIM (549/559) and 7M2PDT (549/549), on 15
Nov OE5EYM (549/559), DL8OBU (449/459), UA6LGH (559/569) and
S52CW (439/559), on 16 Nov HA1YA (559/559), GM3JFG (O/O), KN6M
(559/549), WB0GGM (439/449), K5WXN (549/559), DF3RU (559/559),
W1ZX/3 (569/559), IK5WJD (549/569), WD5AGO (559/559), K1OR
(439/O), JO3RNL (549/559), JR1RCH (439/O), JA6XED (449/559),
JH7PAV (O/O) and JA3SGR (M/O).
Steve found conditions
exceptional in Dec. Stations worked were on 07 Dec
I5CTE and
DF4UE (449/559) for initial #525, on 12 Dec DL8OBU and KA0RYT,
on 13 Dec G4ERG, K5WXN, N2IQU, K7XD (M/O) #526, G3SEK, DL3EAG,
DK3FB, DL9EBF (439/419) #527, on 14 Dec NA4N partial, G4RGK,
S52CW partial, NC1I, KN6M, N2IQU, W8MQW, W7QX, JA4BLC and
7M2PDT, on 15 Dec S52CW and DK3FB, and on 20 Dec JA5OVU and
JA3SGR. In regards to the questions regarding VE1ALQ(/9)'s
status. Several years ago New Brunswick was split from Nova
Scotia into separate call areas. Nova Scotia stayed VE1 and New
Brunswick became VE9. Existing New Brunswick amateur licensees
were given the option to keep their old VE1 call or get a new
VE9 call. Most (like Darrell) chose to keep their VE1 call.
Based on VE1ALQ being the same station in the same QTH, Steve
doesn't believe that VE1ALQ can be considered an initial as it
is the same equipment in the same location. EME operators should
also look for EME activity during the 1998 ARRL VHF Sweepstakes.
70 cm EME totals for K1FO are now #527 initials, 49 states and
75 DXCC.
K4QI
Russ had more weather problems during the 2nd part of the
ARRL contest which severely limited operating time -- It got so
windy on 16 Nov that I just had to shut the 1296 operation down.
I QSO'd on 432 on 15 Nov EA8FF, DF3RU, SM2CEW, WD5AGO, S57Q,
K5WXN, W6VPH, S52CW dup, W5ZN, KL7HFQ, OE5EYM, DK3BU, I5TDJ and
IK5WJD, and on 1296 on 16 Nov F5AQC, F5PL, OH2AXH, HB9BBD,
OK1DFC, EA3UM, K2DH, ON4RR, S59DCD, OE9ERC, ZS6AXT, N2IQU, W4OP,
K5JL, 4X6UJ, WB5LUA, W4RDI, K9BCT/4, G3LQR, LA8LF, DD0SB,
CT1DMK, F6CGJ, WA4OFS, W0KJY, OE9XXI, G3LTF, F2TU, K2UYH, VE1ZJ,
SM4DHN and N6BQ. I was on 1296 on 13 Dec and worked KB2AH,
DJ9YW, W2UHI, K5JL, N2IQU and W4RDI; all in about 20 minutes and
after that no other signals were heard - conditions were
excellent with virtually no libration, and on 14 Dec 14 OK1KIR,
W2UHI, CT1DMK on SSB, S59DCD on SSB, VE6TA and KD4LT. Conditions
were again excellent! [Russ will be only on 432 in Jan.]
KD4LT
Scott reports great activity during the Dec SW. On 70 cm
he added an initials with KN6M, and on 1296 OK1KIR, NU7Z, K4QI,
OZ4MM, VE6TA, K9BCT, NP4B and 9H1ES. During the
pre SW he QSO'd
WD5AGO, WA8WZG, DJ9YW and LA8LF. This brings Scott to initial
#22 DXCC 11 and WAS 11 on 23 cm.
LA8LF
Anders worked Oct. 18th. on 13 cm JA4BLC (569/439).
He has now worked Yoshiro on 200, 70, 23 and 13 cm EME. He is up to
initial #9 on 13 cm and with only 16 w at the feed. Anders plans
to be back on 2300 with more power during the DUBUS/REF Contest.
On 23 cm he worked on 7 Dec DJ9YW (549/559), CT1DMK (549/559),
VE1ALQ (559/559), KB2AH (589/579), K5JL (579/569), K9BCT/4
(O/559) for initial #105 and KD4LT (449/559) #106, on 13 Dec
GW3XYW (559/559) and S59DCD (559/569), on 14 Dec NP4B (O/579) #
107, K5JL (579-579), K2UYH on SSB (55/55), KB2AH on SSB (56/56),
VE6TA (339/449), NU7Z (439/549), W0KJ (449/549) and NL7F
(449/559), on 20 Dec DJ9YW (549/559). nil PY5ZBU on sked due to
problem with tuning procedure - he heard. me (549) on my last
sequence, and on 21 Dec DJ9YW (559/559)
and nil PY5ZBU due to
stormy WX at Don's end. Anders will be on 23 cm only for the Jan
SW.
LU6DW
Marc is part of a group consisting of himself and Dany,
LU8EDR and Willy, LU4DHD, who are working on 1296 EME. They have
a surplus 3.6 m dish, and using a preamp with an MGF1302 measure
Sun noise on 1.2 GHz. They use a short helix as the feed for the
dish and want to know the polarization sense of the helix needed
to listen for signals during Jan SW? [A helix feed in not a good
choice on 1296. Although circular polarization is used on 1296,
right hand circular is used on TX and left hand circular on RX.
This because the sense of the circular pol is reversed on
reflection from the Moon. The popular IMU and VE4MA feeds do
this reversal automatically. A helix maintains the same sense on
both RX and TX. One way around this problem is to use 2 helix
feeds, one right and the other left, and mechanically move their
position relative to the dish between TX and Rx. To receive left
hand circular pol signals you want to use a right hand helix as
the pol sense is reversed by the dish relector.] Marc can be
reached via e-mail at:
LU6DW
N4GJV
Ron reports that he had made enough of a recovery from
his recent surgery to devote more time to EME during the Nov
contest weekend, after being restricted to a very limited
session during the Oct weekend. He did find that he still "runs
out of steam" rather easily, and had to take several "breaks"
for needed sleep and rest. However, Ron reports that he had a
good time, and regrets that he is unable to be more active than
he has been. He QSO'd on 15 Nov OE5JFL, G4ALH, UA6LGH, F1CH for
an initial #, DK3FB, SM2CEW, KD4LT, KN6M #, K5WXN, W5ZN #,
WD5AGO, G4FUF, KL7HFQ, G4ERG, WB0GGM, SM3AKW, K1OR #, DK3BU,
DL4KG, I5CTE, ON5OF, DL3EAG, W7FN, I5TDJ, IK5WJD, DF3RU, EA2LY
#, G3HUL, WA7BBM, EA3DXU, G4RGK, K2UYH, W7GBI, JS3SIM #, JA2TY,
JR9NWC, 7M2PDT, W7HAH, and JA9BOH, and on 16 Nov I2COR, S52CW #,
DL4MEA, HA1YA, VE1ALQ, GM3JFG, DK3WG, YO2IS partial- vanished,
NA4N, OE5EYM, W7KK/6 #, WA7BBM, KF0M, G3LTF, S51ZO, DL5FN #,
JH1EFA, JR1RCH #, JO3RNL and JJ1NNJ # for a total of 94 x 29.
Got aways during the 2 weekends include HB9SUL, W1ZX, DL9EBF,
JH4JLV and YO2IS.
N4NW
Dave has made the 1st 10 GHz EME contact from Virginia --
On 8 Dec I worked WB5LUA (TX) via moonbounce on 10 GHz. This was
my 1st QSO on 3 cm EME as well as the 1st from VA. My station
uses an 8' offset dish and 8 w!
NC1I
Frank writes -- After nearly a full year of inactivity I
finally have made repairs to my array and returned to EME. Not
only is the array back up on the tower and working, it appears
to be performing better than ever! Unfortunately despite my
efforts I was unable to find the time to make the repairs in
time for this year's contest. My array performance had been
slowly deteriorating since I 1st got it into operation. In fact,
it probably was not quite 100% from the beginning. As mentioned
in a previous NL, the 12 LDF4-50 phasing lines were originally
installed without a connector at the open wire junctions. This
was done to facilitate the junction itself as well as to avoid
performance problems with the copper sleeve baluns. The open
ends of the Heliax were sealed with several coats of clear
enamel spray, While this may not have been ideal, it seemed to
work at the time. I suspect prolonged UV exposure broke down the
enamel and exposed the Heliax to moisture. As you may recall
shortly after the array was originally put up it collapsed and
then remained on the ground for over a year. For several months
it was buried in snow and ice. For this reason I suspect it
suffered from minor water penetration from the beginning. Last
February the problem became extreme and it became obvious the
phasing lines would have to be replaced. Subsequent measurements
revealed SWRs as high as 3/1 on over half the lines. The Heliax
to open wire junction has been redesigned utilizing a quarter
wave length of UT250 soldered directly to the open wire at one
end and an N connector installed at the other end. The copper
sleeve balun is then fitted over the UT250. This also allows the
phasing lines to be assembled with a standard N connector at
both ends. I am still relying on the spray enamel to seal the
open end of the UT250, however I suspect the risk is low as the
Teflon dielectric will not saturate with water. Perhaps a couple
of fresh coats every year will help maintain a good seal. Thanks
to N1DPM and K1FO for their technical help and to KA1QFE for
assisting with the silver soldering and tower work. Sun noise
measurements made over the activity weekend yielded a little
over 19 db. These measurements were made using a backup preamp.
Sometime while the array was on the ground my cavity preamp blew
a regulator and I did not discover it until the array was back
up. I'll have the cavity preamp back in line by the next SW
weekend and take some new Sun noise measurements at that time. I
felt that activity was a bit sparse over the Dec SW. Although I
did make quite a few contacts, I spent a lot of time on. I also
struggled with finding the correct transmit polarity. My log
reads as follows: on 11 Dec 0259 N2IQU (589/589), on 12 Dec 0240
WI7Z (449/559), 2307 G4ERG (559/569) 2320 DL80BU (549/439) 2330
KAORYT (439/559) and 2358 NA4N (559/569), on 13 Dec 0218 W7QX
(559/449), 0233 DL9NDD (569/569), 0244 K5WXN (559/579), 0323
W3XS (449/579), 0447 DL3EAG (539/439), 0456 DF4UE (549/559),
0507 KL7HFQ (549/559), 0900 JA3SGR (439/539), 0916 JA2TY
(569/559), 0932 JH1EFA (549/579), 0940 JS3SIM (579/559), 0950
JA9BOH (569/579) and 0959 JA6CZD (549/569), and on 14 Dec 0205
KN6M (539/569), 0211 K1FO (579/579) - Steve said I was peaking
(589) at 30 degs pol, 0242 W8MQW (569/579), 0300 HP3XUG
(549/559), 0355 DK8VS (449/549), 0405 IK2EAD (559/559), 0414
VE1ALQ (579/579), 0440 K7XD (449/O), 1027 JHOYSI (559/579), 1055
JA4BLC (569/579) and 1110 WB2VVV (539/549).
I noted several
stations using fairly high speed CW with short spacing between
characters. I'm really not sure what their hurry was, but I
would think it would be beneficial to slow down a bit and
substantially increase the spacing. Perhaps it's time to revisit
this issue. I would also like to encourage everyone to get on
for the ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes, I will be active off the
moon on 18 Jan between approximately 0700 and 1000. Don't forget
the exchange is grid squares. Any QSOs will be greatly
appreciated. WX permitting I also plan on being on for the next
SW.
NL7F
Bill writes -- Without a contest going on I have much less
activity to report. I QSO'd on 23 cm on 14 Dec on sked
G3LTF
(559/559) for initial #35 and DXCC 13, at random
LA8LF (559/449)
and JH5LUZ (439/429) I'm always open for skeds
and can be reached via e-mail at:
NL7F, Bill
OZ4MM
Stig found great signals, but not too great activity
during the Dec SW on 1296. He worked on 14 Dec GW3XYW (559/559),
F1ANH (569/559), K5JL (569/569), KB2AH(579/569), KD4LT (549/569)
for initial #130, NU7Z (549/559), K2UYH on SSB (55/55), KB2AH on
SSB (56/56) and NP4B (449/569) #131.
PA0JCA
Jan (PA0JCY) reports a very bad time during the Dec SW -
- We had an elevation drive problem and had to run el manually.
Initially we copied CT1DMK for short period, but heard nil on
all our skeds afterwards. We tracked the Moon using indicators
and could not visually check the Moon's position since the sky
was cloudy. Later we had some visible Moon and found the dish
position was at least 3 degs off. We were also unlucky in
frequency choice. There was a birdie just below .040! This was
killed after a while as it was coming from our 13 cm rig. We are
still using a linear feed, since we originally had bad results
with our W2IMU horn. We hope to have better luck next time and
will try again in Jan.
PY5ZBU
Don writes that he is now active on 1296, but with only
low power for the present. At the time of his letter Don had
completed QSOs with N2IQU, K2DH and W2UHI using only a 35 brick
amp in the shack with his 5.5 m (.37 f/d) dish! Don's PA is now
a pair of N6CA water cooled cavities. He has a YL1050 HPA using
a DF6NA cavity just about ready to go. He has had problem with
the YL1050 screen power supply, but now believes he has the amp
"tamed". Don says he is hearing very well and will be looking
for skeds during the coming year.
VE6TA
Grant heard 2 out of his 9 skeds on 23 cm. He worked
S59DCD initial #57 and came close
with NU7Z. He did QSO a bunch
on random.
VK2FZ
Adrain is setting up for 1296 and 10 GHz. He has 2 dishes
that appear portable. At the same time he is also in the process
of moving QTH, about 20 km, and is temporarily QRT. He has no
direct e-mail but be reached through or via
telephone at 61+87 35 9014.
W5ZN
Joel reports the 1st 5760 EME contact from Arkansas! He
worked WB5LUA using a 10' dish, 18 w, and a homebrew WR-137 to
1.5" copper pipe feed with coffee can scalar ring and LuaCom
preamp. Moon conditions were not good with the Moon at apogee,
but the contact was fully completed after about 5 sequences.
Joel also had good luck on 70 cm in Dec and completed all his
skeds except for KL7HFQ - nil heard, and added 7M2PDT and
JA9BOH. He is now QRV on both 432 and 5.7 GHz and looking for
skeds.
W7QX
Jerry was active on 432 during the Dec SW and worked the
1st night K5WXN, NC1I, HP3XUG, JA9BOH and 7M2PDT, and the 2nd
KN6M, W5ZN and JA5NNS for new initials, plus W8MQW, K1FO,
JH0YSI, JA4BLC and JA9BOH. He had a partial QSO
with DL9NDD and
received QRZs from KA0RYTJerry was really surprised at the
signal from W5ZN,and thought conditions were the best Friday
night, but all in all it was a good weekend.
WA7TZY
Fred was active during the contest and worked on 18 Oct
N@IQU (559), OH2PO (579), F5AQC (559) and N9AB (559), on 19 Oct
DL9KR (559), OE5JFL (569), K1FO (559) and OH2PO (589), and on 16
Nov SM2CEW (559) and W7FN (559). All contacts were on Random.
Fred says he really enjoys and prefers working EME without
skeds. He also asks about W8MQW's article on psycho-acoustic
processing and wonders if anyone is making use of these
techniques on EME?
ZS6AXT
Ivo missed all his Dec skeds due to bad WX. Regarding
K1FO's comments on the effect of high northern dec during the
ARRL EME Contest, he responds -- I calculated some Moon windows
for a few areas on 15/16 Nov 97 as follows: SM2/3 17.5 hrs, W2
14.5 hrs, ZS6 13 hrs and ZS1 10.5 hrs. Do you still think that
this is quite fair, even for stations in the N. Hem? I do not
care about your common window, it is the total theoretical Moon
window of stations south of the equator I am concerned about,
and which counts in the end for me. In all of my comments I did
not ask for a weekend with S. dec, since I realize that great
majority of EME stations are in the North. I asked for
elimination of the handicap for us here, "down under". [I do not
think that anyone disagrees that there are advantageous and
disadvantageous to different geographic locations. A solution is
not so obvious. Steve's point was that you can have a very large
Moon window time wise, but if no one else is active during that
window, what good is it? If the contest were run on a weekend
with a high southern declination, you would have many hours of
Moon time. But after you worked the few other stations active in
the S. Hem, what good would the time do you. The valuable time
is when the Moon is common to Eur, NA and JA. And this period
does not change much whether the Moon is at a Northern or
Southern dec.]
K2UYH
I had a bad cold and missed operation on 70 cm on
Saturday. I was QRV on 23 cm on Sunday morning, but had lots of
problems. When I turned on the station, I discovered that my
preamps were not functioning. There was no dc voltage getting to
the preamps at the feed. After almost 25 years there were no
spare lines to steal, so I had to run a makeshift extra wire out
to the dish. When I finally got on, I almost immediately QSO'd
at 0115 DJ7YW (559/569),
but then noticed no one was responding
to my calls. I discovered a near infinite VSWR. The jumper cable
from my hard line to the horn had gone bad! I replaced it and
was back on in plenty of time for my 0300 9H1ES sked. But heard
nil. Tom, KB2AH listened in and heard nil too, so it wasn't
another problem at my end. I QSO'd at 0328 OZ4MM (56/56) on SSB,
0335 KB2AH (56/56) on SSB, 0346 LA8LF (55/56) on SSB, 0408 K5JL
(559/559), 0425 VE6TA (549/559), 0425 W0KJY (44/55) and 0500
partial PA0JCA (M/-) - they were several kHz low in freq and not
always present. S59DCD
was also heard with an excellent signal
on SSB. We have to be out of town for business on the Jan SW but
will only be able to be QRV on Saturday morning.
NETNEWS
F5SDD's e-mail address is:
F5SDD
and F5IVP is:
F5IVP
Both are QRV on 70 cm EME.
VE1ZJ had storm damage and lost his 2 m antennas, the rotor on
his 70 cm array and the mount for his 23 cm dish.
K2DH completed WAC on 23 cm by QSOing PY5ZBU. Dave needs QSLs
from VE3BQN, HB9BHU, I5MPK, SM5DGX, DK7LJ, S59DCD.
W2UHI also worked PY5ZBU. During the SW he QSO'd 15 on 23 cm,
but missed the JA window.
CT1DMK was unable to be QRV on 70 cm in Dec. Luis did work on 23
cm WA8WZG and has partial with W0KJY.
N2IQU worked PY5ZBU and KD4LT on 23 cm.
W4RDI QSO'd KD4LT on 1296.
RV4AQ has increased his power and will be on during the SW on
random.
DF3RU ended the contest with a total of 89x43, on 70 cm 66x27
and on 23 cm 23x16.
ZL1UE, Malcom expects to be testing on 23 cm EME next year.
K5JL completed with 9H1ES on 1296.
VE1ALQ also worked 9H1ES and PY5ZBU on 23 cm and added IK2EAD
and W7KK on 70 cm.
WD5AGO was on 23 cm in Dec, and plans to be on 70 cm in Jan. He
will be on 70 cm the 1st night and 23 cm 2nd.
WB5LUA worked PY5ZBU on 1296. His standings are now on 33 cm #5,
2 DXCC, 3 WAS, on 23 cm #152, 35 DXCC 27 WAS, 13 cm #39 19 DXCC
8 WAS, 9cm #3 3 DXCC 1 WAS, 6 cm #11 9 DXCC 2 WAS, and 3 cm #21
12 DXCC 6 WAS. Al is looking for skeds on all bands.
W4TJ is still basically just listening, but copied his own
echoes with 200 w. Bill also has 10 w and a 12' dish good for
5760.
WA8WZG worked on 13 cm in Dec WB5LUA and OH2AXH (539/539) and on
23 cm CT1DMK and KB2AH on SSB. Tom is looking for skeds during
the Jan VHF Contest on 70 cm, 23 cm, 13 cm and 6 cm EME. He will
send a special certificate for those that QSO him off the Moon
during the Jan VHF ARRL Contest.
KN6M, Mori is running 4 x FO 25 el yagis on 70 cm. His e-mail is
.
NU7Z made initials on 1296 with VE6TA and KD4LT, but heard nil
W0KJY. He is working on 10 GHz.
AA5C had equipment problems and had to scrub his I4CHY 10 GHz
sked. Greg is always looking for new stations to sked on 3 cm.
KA0RYTcompleted in Dec on 432 with S52CW, NC1I, K1FO, DL9KR,
IK2EAD for initial #93 and others. VE1ALQ was heard.
K5WXN has worked 7 initials in '98.
K6IBY's (DM13) reports his antennas (4 x FO24s) are all done and
the FT-726 is now working with over 700 w out of the amp. He
will take skeds for the Jan SW.
DL5FN is QRV on 432 with 8 yagis and 1 kw from JO40.
VE4MA's 10 GHz effort has been delayed by an unbelievable work
schedule, very cold WX and a high loss problem with some of his
EW-90 waveguide.
SM2CEW was on 70 cm and worked DL9EBF for an initial.
KL7HFQ did not work any of his skeds in Dec. He has problems
with his feed and will be off until it is repaired.
FOR SALE
KB3PD has for sale a 432 MHz Arcos amp
complete with power
supply. It uses a pair of 8930's type tubes. Call Rick 302- 737-
7966 for more info or e-mail to :
Rick,KB3PD
Asking
price is $US1100 plus shipping.
W3CPM has a
28 MHz-432 MHz Down East Microwave no tune
transverter (KK7B type) for sale. It is brand new. He won it at
a conference. It comes with full documentation and QST review
article. Price is $150.00 plus shipping. Contacted Chris at 717-
299-7374 day, 717-569-3828 eve, or at:
W3CPM
N7EIJ is looking for
3 30LBX yagis for 70 cm EME.
Respond via e-mail to:
N7EIJ
WA8WZG has
8877 and 3CX800 tubes, hi-power RF parts ... door
knob capacitors, etc. available for sale. He also has Andrew
hard line and related connectors of all sizes and waveguide in
stock. Contact Tom at:
Tom, WA8WZG
or:
WA8WZG's Home Page
or by telephone at (419)-732-2944.
KB2AH has
a full line of cavity amps and 1, 2, 4 and 6 tube ring
amps, lin/circular feed horns and LNAs for 432 and 1296.
Tom also has mounting blocks for K1FO yagis.
For full details see:
Tom's 1296 WEB page
for more details and pricing:
Info e-mail
or phone 908-223-5067, FAX 908-223-0901 (24
hrs) or voice 908-223-8124.
FINAL
Included with this NL is G3SEKs 1998 EME Calanader. I
have indicated proposed SWs with an "***". These are proposed
dates and subject to change based on your comments. So if you
feel others are better, let me know.
Rein, W6/PA0ZN who produces the WEB version of this NL (see the
masthead), recently learned that many NL WEB users did not
realize that the graphics portions of the NL are also available
on his WEB site. All the pics from the last 2 or so years are in
his antenna gallery. In the future he will put links between the
NL and the corresponding NL graphics to insure that these
portions of the NL are not mot missed. Rein also notes that he
has a Chat page on the NL link. This feature provides virtual
real time communication between the participants (keyboard that
is). In the future he will feedback comments left on the Chat
page for inclusion in the NL.
Those of you who use the NA 432 + EME BBS may have noticed an
announcement of area code changes from 704 to 336 to start on 15
Dec. I tried to check into the BBS using the new area code after
the 15th and could not get in, but found it worked fine with the
old area code.
The discussion of ARRL EME Contest dates continues. ZS6AXT's
comments appear in his report in an earlier part of this NL. The
following is Steve's response primarily to my comments in the
last NL: "I do not believe that it would be a wise idea to run
the ARRL EME Contest and Sept VHF Contest on the same date. 1st,
it will be impossible to put a serious effort into both
contests. This will have the effect of forcing the serious
operators to choose their contest. For me it would obviously be
the EME contest. There are quite a few North American EME
operators who regularly put in big efforts in the VHF contests.
For many of these VHF contesters, especially those who put a lot
of energy in the bands above 432, the contests and tropo
openings are the only times there is measurable activity on the
higher bands in North America. These operators may choose to
operate the VHF contest therefore diluting the number of EME
operators. If they do get on EME it will most likely be for a
short time thus limiting the opportunity of the EMEers to work
them. 2nd, there will be QRM problems for those, especially for
the stations in the northeast US, who choose to operate the EME
contest only. How frustrating will it be if a weak EME station
gets clobbered by a couple of tropo stations calling at the same
time. I have had this problem when operating EME in the tropo
contests even after putting in several hours on tropo and
working over 150 stations on 432, I still get tropo calls when
I'm on EME. If I haven't operated the tropo contest there will
be many more tropo stations looking for a QSO with me. Even
though the tropo activity is centered 80 kHz away, the
aggressive contest op will sill find the EME stations down at
.000 to .040. On 2 m there is still quite a bit of stateside
tropo contest CW activity below 144.100 (the U.S. CW sub-band)
which may directly conflict with the 2m EME operators. 3rd, even
the more casual operators will be discouraged from trying EME as
it will take away from their tropo contest time. With many of
the single op contest stations on 7 bands, there just isn't
enough time to cover all of them and still have time for EME.
Finally, I have talked to a few of the local VHF/UHFers both
serious and casual contesters. Everyone I spoke to was not
receptive to the idea of running the contests simultaneously. I
have been forwarded some of Ivo's (ZS6AXT) e-mail comments on
the EME contest dates. Ivo (and several others over the years)
have pushed for having the EME contest dates when the dec is
near 0. The theory is that when the dec is near 0, all stations
in the entire world will have 12 hours of moon time and
therefore the contest competition will be equalized.
Unfortunately, the issue is not quite so simple. What is of more
importance is useable Moon window and even more important
useable Moon window to parts of the world where there is EME
activity. The majority of active EME stations on 70 cm and above
are located in western Eur concentrated in latitudes between 45
and 50 degs with some stations as far north as 65 degs lat. An
operator, like Ivo, who is located at -26 degs lat, may not
fully appreciate the dynamics of the Moon position at high lat
and low dec. Consider that many stations need at least 20 degs
elevation for a clear view of the Moon. For example at 0 dec
ZS6AXT will have a max el of 64 degs while DL9KR at 50 deg lat
will have a max el of 40 deg and SM2CEW at 66 degs lat will have
a max el of only 24 degs. Is this fair to all participants?
Moreover, the useable window between Eur and the west coast of
the US becomes almost no existent, if both stations require only
a 10 deg minimum Moon el. I would also like to point out that I
am one of the stations that is least effected by lower dec since
my array is 30 m high giving me a clear horizon to horizon
window. In fact, selecting lower dec weekends would most likely
be a distinct advantage to me as I would have more useable Moon
time than almost any active 70 cm EME station. Selecting EME
contest dates should not be made with preference to any one or
any select few operators. The real objective in selecting the
contest dates should be to benefit the greatest number of
contest participants and therefore help to promote EME activity.
Since the EME contests are restricted to weekend dates, we do
not have the luxury of picking the very best Moon dates in a
given month, but are limited to choosing the best weekend dates
which almost always end up being a compromise. I performed some
additional analysis on dec verses Moon window at various
locations around the world. I concluded that a dec of about +10
would be the best compromise to equalize moon windows around the
world while not unduly putting anyone at a huge disadvantage.
Unfortunately, for 1998 there are no weekends that have around
+10 dec. So the choice is between +18 dec or around 0 dec. Given
those 2 choices, my conclusion is that the high dec weekends
will benefit the greatest number of stations." I am pretty much
in agreement with Steve on preferred windows. With my limited
Moon window even a choice of 10 degs dec would severely limit my
chances of working JA. I do not agree with Steve concerning the
undesirability of running the Sept VHF and the EME Contests
together. I guess I believe in trying new and different things.
This year's combination of Moon geometry and available dates
offers a unique opportunity to try something new. Contest
operators with which I have discussed the possibility of
combining the 2 contest dates were not against the idea. I guess
it is in the way you explain it to them. Yes there will be some
QRM, but I believe it will be manageable. I think more people
will be attracted to the EME contest than lost. The lour of
additional distant grids should not be underestimated. Much of
the prime Moon time is in the wee hours of the morning when
there is little or no tropo activity. It thus should be possible
to operate and do well in both contests with proper strategy
(and lack of sleep). There is the 2nd EME Contest weekend. The
EME contest also starts before the tropo contest while the tropo
contest continues beyond the end of the EME portion. Basically I
believe that the whole can be more than the sum of the parts in
this case. A negative pointed out by K0RZ for the 5/6 Dec date
proposed by Steve is that it corresponds with the ARRL's 160 m
contest. It amazing how many EMEers are also 160 m buffs.
I have run out of time again. Please keep the info coming. We
need more technical pieces. PA3CSG submitted an article which
will probably appear in the next NL. I am waiting for the
graphics to arrive. CU you off the Moon during the 1st night of
the Jan SW and the VHF contest on the following weekend. Don’t
forget to get your info into the Paris EME Conference. Best
Holiday Greeting,
Happy New Year and 73, Al-K2UYH
432MHz & up EME skeds
Skeds for JAN 9
Time 432.040 2304.050
2300z G3LTF -SM3AKW
2330z CT1DMK-OK1KIR G3LTF -HB9SV
Skeds for JAN 10
Time 432.035 432.040 432.070 2304.050
0000z K1FO -DF4UE
0030z K3HZO -G3LTF
0100z K1FO -DL5FN K2DH -G3LTF
0130z K1FO -YL3AG WA8WZG-G3LTF
0200z W7QX -DL9NDD
0300z LU4HO -N4GJV
0330z DL9EBF-N4GJV
0400z DH5NAH-N4GJV W7QX -K3HZO
0430z W7CI -K3HZO
0530z W0KJY -HP3XUG
0600z W7QX -HP3XUG
0630z 7M2PDT-HP3XUG
0730z JA9BOH-HP3XUG
1530z DL9NDD-JH1EFA
1600z DL9NDD-JA2TY
1630z DL9NDD-JA5NNS
1700z DL5FN -7M2PDT
2100z PY5ZBU-IW5AVM
2130z K1FO -DL9EBF
2200z K1FO -LA4GA
2230z K9BCT -DL9NDD
2300z K3HZO -DK3WG
2330z PY5ZBU-DK3FB WB4BKC-DK3WG
Skeds for JAN 11
Time 432.040 432.045 1296.050 1296.075
0000z W1ZX -ON5OF K3HZO -S52CW W3XS -ZS6AXT VE6TA -DD1XF
0030z W1ZX -W5ZN K3HZO -ON4KNG K9BCT -ZS6AXT
0100z K3HZO -PY5ZBU KD4LT -S52CW K9BCT -G3LTF KB0PYO-ZS6AXT
0130z K2DH -PY5ZBU K3HZO -HP3XUG KD4LT -G3LTF
0200z WA8WZG-DK3FB WB4BKC-W1ZX KB0PYO-G3LTF
0230z W7QX -DK3FB
0300z K7XD -DL9KR
0330z W7FN -DK3FB
0400z KA0RYT-PY5ZBU K5WXN -I5TDJ VE6TA - WA8WZG
0430z VE6TA -KD4LT
0500z VE6TA -W4OP
0530z VE6TA -W4RDI
2130z G3LTF -9H1ES
2200z K3HZO -G3SEK
2330z KD4LT -ZS6AXT
Skeds for JAN 12
Time 1296.050
0100z KD4LT -PY5ZBU
*** LUNAR WEEKEND CALENDAR FOR 1998 ***
by G3SEK
At 2400 Sat/ Declination Signals Sun offset Sky temp Comments *
0000 Sun (deg) (dB) (deg) (K,432MHz)
Jan-03/04 -3.8 1.0 +69 19 Moon in south.
Jan-10/11 *** 18.6 0.1 +158 34 Night.
Jan-17/18 2.5 -0.9 -121 15 Night.Apogee.
Jan-24/25 -18.2 -0.1 -42 91 Moon in south.
Feb-00/01 -0.7 1.0 +51 20 Moon in south.
Feb-07/08 *** 18.5 0.0 +140 31 Night.
Feb-14/15 0.0 -0.9 -141 20 Moon in south.
Feb-21/22 -18.5 0.0 -62 124 Moon in south.
Mar-00/01 2.2 1.0 +32 19 Day(PM).
Mar-07/08 *** 18.0 -0.1 +122 20 Night.
Mar-14/15 -2.8 -0.9 -160 20 Moon in south.
Mar-21/22 -18.5 0.1 -82 124 Moon in south.
Mar-28/29 4.9 1.0 +13 20 Sun noise.
Apr-04/05 *** 17.1 -0.2 +104 14 Day(PM)
Apr-11/12 -5.5 -0.9 -176 20 Moon in south.
Apr-18/19 -18.2 0.1 -100 58 Moon in south.
Apr-25/26 7.4 0.9 -8 20 Sun noise.
May-02/03 *** 15.9 -0.3 +85 14 Day(PM).
May-09/10 -8.1 -0.9 +162 23 Moon in south.
May-16/17 -17.4 0.2 -117 58 Moon in south.
May-23/24 9.9 0.9 -26 22 Sun noise.
May-30/31 *** 14.5 -0.4 +67 13 Day(PM).
Jun-06/07 -10.5 -0.9 +144 26 Moon in south.
Jun-13/14 -16.0 0.3 -134 24 Moon in south.
Jun-20/21 *** 12.3 0.9 -43 24 Day(AM).
Jun-27/28 12.8 -0.5 +48 13 Day(PM).
Jul-04/05 -12.4 -0.8 +125 29 Moon in south.
Jul-11/12 -14.1 0.4 -151 20 Moon in south.
Jul-18/19 *** 14.5 0.8 -59 24 Day(AM).
Jul-25/26 10.8 -0.5 +29 14 Sun noise.
Aug-01/02 -14.2 -0.8 +106 29 Moon in south.
Aug-08/09 -11.9 0.5 -168 17 Moon in south.
Aug-15/16 *** 16.5 0.8 -75 27 Day(AM).
Aug-22/23 8.5 -0.6 +11 14 Sun noise.
Aug-29/30 -15.8 -0.7 +88 39 Moon in south.
Sep-05/06 -9.5 0.6 +173 16 Moon in south.
Sep-12/13 *** 18.0 0.7 -91 34 Day(AM).
Sep-19/20 5.8 -0.7 -8 15 Sun noise.
Sep-26/27 -17.2 -0.7 +69 39 Moon in south.
Oct-03/04 -7.1 0.7 +154 19 Moon in south.
Oct-10/11 *** 18.9 0.6 -109 34 Day(AM).
Oct-17/18 3.0 -0.7 -27 15 Sun noise.
Oct-24/25 -18.5 -0.6 +50 91 Moon in south.
Nov-00/01 -4.7 0.8 +135 19 Moon in south.
Nov-07/08 *** 19.4 0.5 -128 31 Night.
Nov-14/15 0.2 -0.8 -46 21 Day(AM).Apogee.
Nov-21/22 -19.3 -0.5 +31 124 Moon in south.
Nov-28/29 -1.9 0.8 +116 20 Moon in south.
Dec-05/06 *** 19.3 0.4 -148 20 Night.
Dec-12/13 -2.4 -0.8 -65 20 Moon in south.
Dec-19/20 -19.6 -0.5 +13 124 Moon in south.
Dec-26/27 1.2 0.9 +97 19 Day(PM).
* SUN OFFSET ...Night < Day(AM) < Sun noise >Day(PM)> Night...
-180deg.....120......0.....0.....+30.......+120.....+180deg
This information was obtained from: Scott, KD4LT
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For Comments or corrections: Rein, W6/PA0ZN